hello tokyo

techtile

hallucinatory motion

artist of the day: tomoko konoike

beer + art = happy

(tonight's stein club gets creative)

sometimes

art makes us...

cry

smile

really laugh hard

contribute

look

artist of the day: gideon chase

kitchen thoughts: aka photo tuesday

I am waiting for the cupcakes to cool down. I made them for the art show opening on Friday. Are you coming?

Check out Aaron Huey: seriously mouthwatering photos

And Agnes Thor, so smooth!

If you haven't yet, stop by the Museum of Natural History's special exhibit, The Language of Color.

Photographer of the Day: Clayton Cotterell

get psyched for Hatch! at Stein club Thursday!

There will be some collaborative art pieces at Stein Club on Thursday, so if you want to contribute to Hatch, but don't have time to submit work on your own, please stop by, have a beer and get creative!

Portrait Wall: (remember your pre-school shadow portrait? well, same idea except Kirkland is making it awesome with a giant canvas, paint and numerous subjects...you!) Come ready to get drawn or trace someone else.

Bricks: What do the Kirkland House bricks see and hear that we don't? What stories would they tell? In the spirit of postsecret , Kirkland will be accepting 'bricks' that tell our own secret Kirkland narrative. You can pick up a blank 'brick' any time in the dining hall.(starting on sunday night). Please paint or color or fill in (photos, pen, coffee stain, whatever) the brick side, and write your secret Kirkland story on the back. The idea is that by allowing anonymous Kirkland narratives, we might see a different perspective of Kirkland life than the dining hall narrative we are so used to.

When you finish, return the brick to the 'brick box' in the d-hall. You will also be able to do this at Stein Club on Thursday.

xoxo

Ób'ówie Kirkland!

Artist of the day, Yinka Shonibare.

Scramble for Africa, 2003

Leisure Lady (with Ocelots), 2001

don't stop

cool art installation

'As you have hopefully noticed, someone has been building something in front of Matthews Hall over the past several days. That was us - Native Americans at Harvard college and our friends from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation. We have been hard at work building a wetu (pronounced "we - two"), a traditional home of the Wampanoag people.'

Native Americans at Harvard College would like to cordially invite you to attend our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Harvard Yard Wetu Tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 3:30PM.

things to do for your art

listen to her

look at these

summer reading list...this, this or this

get a crush on this guy and his plants

this is really fake its so real

eat this

laugh at this, but realize berger is totally awesome and watch the whole series, it only gets better!

under the sea

old underwater photography

interesting article with bruguera

kara hamer paintings

biggers on campus

check out the senior thesis show at VES

amazing week at gsd

martin kersels video, haha

satisfactory sunday

sculpture from mouse poop and owl pellets

sad vader...hilarious

night vision

fashion smashin

artist of the day... fernando llanos

photo via lost

tonight tonight!

Don't forget to check out Kirkland's finest, Cabaret Sauvignon! Tonight and Saturday at 8:00pm in the JCR!

FREE Admission!!!
Food and drink provided.
Singing, dancing, and more than enough irreverent humor.
Rated R.

Written and directed by Loren Amor '10 and Dixon McPhillips '10. Music by Daniel Melodia.

good morning art

things that are happening now that you might want to check out...

this lightwork is muy bueno

landscape scrabble

mask

edible estates

thick

photography lover

tabaimo

lars eling

geographical limits

social portraits

william monk

bharti kher indian highway

another photo guy, amazing how close he gets to his subjects

Winner of Kirkland Spring Break Photo Contest is...

Andy Choi, 2010 for Kirkland's Choice! Thanks for voting K-house!

To see Andy's photo, and the winners in other categories come to the Kirkland art show on Friday, April 30th 7:00-10:00pm in the SCR!

tree house

pixel flow

group therapy

harvard sexypants

kiss

shh...

evolution symposium

illustration voyagetasitic

rainbow hold by ahndraya parlato

graffiti art sunday TODAY in dining hall

This is sort of like the game exquisite corpse (where one finishes another's drawing)

In the dining hall there will be a large piece of cardboard, and next to it will be a bunch of tools to draw and paint and write with:

please feel free to go to town on this piece, spend as much time as you want, or just stop by and tag it

This will be going on all day from brunch to dinner, so if you want to stop by in between eats, please do!

THERE ARE NO RULES OR THEMES, just draw and write whatever you feel the piece needs.

I'm hoping Kirkland makes this awesome and we can put it in the art show!

happy sunday :)

-kirsten

brunch and a river walk and some photos for you

check out this storm chasers pics

enter black and white's photo contest or the spider awards

photo below by cole thompson

25 art inspirations for the Kirkland art show

1. a portrait of your roommates closet, a visual inventory of their shoes

2. get a pencil and a sheet of paper. play your favorite song. the rule is you have to draw the song without lifting up the pencil.

3. take a sheet of paper and sit outside in the courtyard at hourly intervals. document the things you see and hear, whatever comes to mind...then chart everything on a time line using drawing, words or found objects.

4. take a photo

5. try to imagine yourself in a different life, what would you be doing? write about it

6. confess something

7. visit this website for instant art prompts: random art prompt generator

8. make a mark every time you breath in and out. do this for 5 minutes without stopping...try to relax. (amazing friend and artist alejandro)

9. sculpt a miniature home out of things found in the dining hall

10. look at this. and this. and this. now paint whatever it makes you think of.

11. find a statistician and ask her how to measure creativity. draw. repeat.

12. find a writer and ask him how to measure time. paint.

13. ask Bob what he wants you to draw... it will probably be him. draw Bob.

14. Ask Mariana what she wants you to draw... it will probably be a shark. draw a shark.

15. make a video about your greatest fear.

16. collaborate.

17. make something using only found objects from a certain favorite place.

18. get your camera. go to the river. dance.

19. sculpt a self portrait using your clothes

20. install something in the corner. use lots of material and texture.

21. get mad at your artist's block and make a mess

22. design a new building

23. visit this site for some love

24. go to the coop and look at art books (wall, 10,000 years of art, 10x10, mcCurry, landart)

25. get some sleep

art show submissions

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that we will be accepting submissions to Kirkland's art show, Hatch until April 15th. If you have an idea for the show, or are interested in participating in any way, please e-mail kirstenpisto@gmail.com or kirklandartlounge@gmail.com.

We ask that if you put up your work for sale, you donate 25% of the proceeds to Kirkland's Partners in Health fund. More information about that here. If you have any questions about how your work should be displayed or priced, please speak to kirsten, kat or michelle!

The opening reception is Friday, April 30 from 7:00-10:00pm. Daytime hours will be on 4/30 and 5/1 from 11:00am-6:00pm.

Please invite all of your friends! Find Hatch on Facebook.

anyone going?

happy easter!

snapping photos

fancy eggs